how to avoid navel-gazing - by Ava - bookbear express
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Charline von Heyl photographed by Matthew Busch My therapist says I’m a fixer. I’ve been in therapy for a couple of years now, so I’m used to the way it feels like a perpetual excavation of your problems. This is something that irritates me: I understand my problems, and I also know they take time to fix, so do we really have to rehash them all the time? But this therapist, who I like and trust, says something else that I really agree with: we’re not trying to change who you are or what you’re good at. You’ll always be who you are, but I want you to be more comfortable in the world. I’m a…
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